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Ecclesiastes 7:18
Ecclesiastes 7:18 is verse 18 of Ecclesiastes chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
Or will avoid all extremes
King James Version
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
World English Bible
It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
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Ecclesiastes 7:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
18 It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
19 Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
20 Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ecclesiastes 11:6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Proverbs 4:26Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
Proverbs 4:27Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
Luke 11:42Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
Psalms 25:12Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
Psalms 25:13His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
Psalms 145:20The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
Luke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.